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planecrazydld(at)yahoo.co
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Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 7:22 pm Post subject: First Flight - N5SL

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Ron Lendon

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 685
Location: Clinton Twp., MI

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 7:31 pm Post subject: Re: First Flight - N5SL

Congratulations Scott!  You have given may of us much enjoyment and education watching you pursue this accomplishment.  Your daughter is gifted also and made a very enjoyable video of your first flight.



As far as being the first scratch builder,  I think that one goes to Chris Heintz.



You might be the first plans built customer though.



Well done my friend.

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Ron Lendon
WW Corvair with Roy's Garage 5th bearing
CH 601 XLB
N601LT - Flying
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dgardea(at)gmail.com

Joined: 26 Mar 2007
Posts: 50
Location: Indianapolis, IN

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 6:29 am Post subject: Re: First Flight - N5SL

Congratulations, Scott! Very neat that your daughter has been involved in your project right up to your maiden flight. Your accomplishment and her video is a real motivation to the rest of us builders who have a ways to go. Please keep us posted on performance figures with the WW Corvair! 



Regards,



Dave Gardea

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aprazer

Joined: 24 Nov 2006
Posts: 93
Location: Boise, Idaho

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 7:16 am Post subject: Re: First Flight - N5SL

Scott, 

Congrats on a job well done! I'm sure that you'll go down in the history books as flying the first "plans built" 601XL.

Enjoyed seeing the white stuff in the background -- that is something we are short of as we are in our seventh year of drought!

Thanks for sharing,

Mack 

601XL/3300

N990MK

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sky_ranger161

Joined: 07 Jun 2006
Posts: 91

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:08 am Post subject: First Flight - N5SL

Wow Scott. You've given every scratchbuilder (and everyone else for that matter) a great reason to keep returning to the garage every day or two. It couldn't happen to a nicer, more generous guy. My deepest congratulations.

   

  I wanted to echo too what Dave has said here. It's been really wonderful for someone like me with no kids to see how involved your daughter has been in your project. Looks like she may have even found a passion of her own for aviation through you - after videography of course!

   

  Keep the pointy end forward...

   

  Debo Cox

  Nags Head, NC

  Scratchbuilding XL/Corvair

  Second wing 80% done

  www.mykitlog.com/debo

   

  



"dgardea(at)gmail.com" <dgardea(at)gmail.com> wrote:

  [quote]--> Zenith-List message posted by: "dgardea(at)gmail.com" 



Congratulations, Scott! Very neat that your daughter has been involved in your project right up to your maiden flight. Your accomplishment and her video is a real motivation to the rest of us builders who have a ways to go. Please keep us posted on performance figures with the WW Corvair! 



Regards,



Dave Gardea



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Dave Gardea

601XL - Corvair

working on wings

http://home.comcast.net/~davegardea/[b]

tonyplane(at)bellsouth.ne
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 9:53 am Post subject: First Flight - N5SL

Congratulations, Scott!

Taking something you built into the sky for the first time is unforgettable!

Have fun on your Phase I testing.

Tony Graziano; 601/Jab; N493TG



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		   Time: 07:46:59 AM PST US

 From: Scott Laughlin <cookwithgas(at)HOTMAIL.COM>

 Subject: First Flight - N5SL



 Yesterday, January 5, 2008, N5SL made it's first flight around the 

 pattern.

  4-years, 11-months and 5-days since I started work on the airplane.



 Does anybody know of a Plans-built 601XL that has flown in the U.S.?  I'd 

 l

 ike to claim to be the first so if anybody knows of another please let me 

 k

 now.

dredmoody(at)cox.net
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 10:23 am Post subject: First Flight - N5SL

"Laughlin the polished X L..... Had a very shiny plane....

And if you ever saw it..... you would surely go insane."  

(sung to the tune of "Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer") 



Sorry, it just came to me after the "you'll go down in history.." comment. I'll go take my medicine now.



Dred

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---- aprazer <aprazer(at)cableone.net> wrote: 

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 Scott, 

 Congrats on a job well done! I'm sure that you'll go down in the history books as flying the first "plans built" 601XL.

s_thatcher(at)bellsouth.n
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 2:57 pm Post subject: First Flight - N5SL

Hi Scott,



Congratulations!  There's a bunch of us out here that owe part of our 

building skills to you and your website... including some unique parts such 

as the AOA probe that you expertly fabricated!  I hope you keep your web 

site up and running for future generations of builders because it is so 

incredibly complete.  By the way, how did the AOA work? Did it follow the 

design of the gauge fairly close?  Or were you more interested in other 

things at the time?



I got mine inspected about two weeks ago and hope to get it in the air this 

month... but mine was a kit and it still took almost four years and a lot of 

help from others.



Keep us posted. Thanks for everything.



Scott Thatcher, Palm Beach Gardens, FL

601XL with Corvair, Still 99% complete but Registered as E-LSA

N601EL

 	  Quote: 	
		   Time: 07:46:59 AM PST US

 From: Scott Laughlin <cookwithgas(at)HOTMAIL.COM>

 Subject: First Flight - N5SL



 Yesterday, January 5, 2008, N5SL made it's first flight around the 

 pattern.

  4-years, 11-months and 5-days since I started work on the airplane.



 Does anybody know of a Plans-built 601XL that has flown in the U.S.?  I'd 

 l

 ike to claim to be the first so if anybody knows of another please let me 

 k

 now.



 Here is a picture of the magic moment:



 http://www.cooknwithgas.com/1_5_08_Flight1.JPG



 I have a shaky video but need to get it off the camera before posting. 

 Mor

 e to come!



 Scott Laughlin

 www.cooknwithgas.com

 Omaha, Nebraska

 601XL / Corvair

skyridersbn(at)yahoo.com
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 3:11 pm Post subject: First Flight - N5SL

Boooooo!!!!  Hisssssssssss!  Hey Dred, don't give up your day job!

        Be a better friend, newshound, and  [quote][b]

4rcsimmons(at)comcast.net
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:12 am Post subject: First Flight - N5SL

Congratulations Scott!



Great Job!



Soon I hope to joint the ranks of sitting on my fuselage making put-put noises since I don't have an engine yet! I'll get there though!



Again, congratulations!



--

Thanks,

Rich Simmons

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